Wall plate for buildings



'July 13 1926.

l H. c. SMITH WALL PLATE FOR BUILDINGS Filed March 19, 1924 2.0 18

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Patented July 13, 1925.

HENRYVCOLLIER SMITH, OF ST. MARYS, OHIO.

WALL PLATE FOR BUILDINGS.

Application led March 19, 1924. Serial No. 700,224.

`.This invention relates to the construction of sheet metal will surfaces for use in connection with units adapted to be fitted to- .gether to constitute exterior and interior walls of buildings, or to be applied to supports of any construction, and the object of my invention is to provide wall surfaces in units of this character, so beaded as to stiften the surface and present a geometric appearance in walls that are not stuccoed or plastered.

A further object is to provide openings in the surface to receive stucco or plaster, the bead stittened wall surfaces to be so designed that either the beads or the openings or both can be used.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is an elevation of a typical section of the improved structural unit in which my wall surfaces are designed to be used. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2 and 3 3 of F ig. l. Fig. 4L illustrates how these wall plates can also be used in ordinary building construction where the wall plates are nailed or secured to the wood or metal studding members.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Building units have been suggested with longitudinal tongues and grooves in their edges adapted to respectively extend into the grooves and to receive the tongues of adjacent units. l/Vhen these units are erected into a wall, their side plates or wall surfaces are liable to yield even under slight pressure unless the material of which they are made is very heavy. vWhen light material is used the surfaces may be transversely beaded to prevent such yielding. If the wall is to be stuccoed or plastered, a number of openings must be provided spaced sur'liciently close together to receive and hold the tongues of the plastic covering.

The typical wall unit shown in Figs. l and 2 represents but one form of construction, and many other forms of units can be used, but in all cases side plates or surfaces l must be provided, and this invention re.- lates to the rside plates or surfaces as distinguished from the end members 3 and 6, of Fig..2. f

rlhe sizes of the holes and the spacing and dimensions of the transverse beads or ribs in the side plates, Figs. l and 1l, may all be changed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

l claim l. Sheet metal wall plates and transverse sheet metal members or supports interlocking with the edges thereof, said plates having transverse beads for stiening the plates.

2. Sheet metal wall plates and transverse sheet metal members or supports interlocking with the edges thereof, said plates having holes for receiving the keys of a plastic surface.

3. Sheet metal wall plates and transverse sheet metal members or supports'interlocking with the edges thereof, said plates having transverse stiifening beads and openings to receive the keys of a plastic surface.

Il. Sheet metal wall units comprising parallel spaced side plates and end plates connecting the vertical edges of the side plates, the end plates of adjacent units inter-engaging, said side plat-es being fori-.led with spaced stiiening ribs, one of the end plates of each unit being in the form oi a tongue and the other end plate being in the form-of a channel to receive the tongue of the next adjacent unit.

5. Sheet metal wall units comprising` parallel spaced side plates and end plates connecting the vertical edges of the side plates, the end plates of adjacent units inter-engaging, said side plates being formed with spaced stiffening ribs, and rows ot holes between the ribs.

6. Sheet metal Wall units comprising parallel spaced side plates and end plates connecting the vertical edges of the side plates, the end plates of adjacent units inter-engaging, said side plates being formed. with spaced horizontal ribs, and transverse rows of rectangular holes between the ribs, the tongues formed by punching the holes extending inwardly in longitudinal and transverse lines.

HENRY comme sMrrH. 

